In 1921, a miner’s dynamite blast in Zambia unearthed a face that rewrote the map of human evolution

Miners in Zambia unearthed the Broken Hill skull in 1921, a fossil initially baffling scientists with its mix of modern and ...

Just 18 years ago, a boy chasing his dog unearthed a lost human ancestor and rewrote the story of evolution; how one of the world’s most intriguing discoveries w…

A remarkable fossil discovery in South Africa has shed light on human evolution. Young Matthew Berger found a bone that led ...
Newsweek

Evolution: Theory of How Humans Got Our Noses Challenged

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The story of how us humans—and other mammals—got our noses may have ...

What can singing mice say about human speech?

Speech is a crowning achievement of human evolution, the skill that separates us from every other animal. So, it would stand ...

Ancient DNA Study Reveals Human Evolution Is Happening Faster Than We Thought

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...
Natural History Museum

Evolution of ancient humans may have been influenced by malaria

Some of the smallest organisms might have influenced our own evolutionary path. A new study has found that the distribution ...

Why Are Human Babies Born With More Bones Than Adults? Hint: Evolution Left Us Unfinished On Purpose

Human babies arrive with 100 extra bones for the same reason birth is the most dangerous event in mammalian life. Both facts ...